People v. Bean

Defendants were convicted in a bench trial upon the charge of attempted burglary. Each of the defendants was sentenced to a term of one to three years. This appeal seeks the reversal of their convictions upon the alleged insufficiency of the evidence produced at their trial. The defendants contend the State failed to prove the corpus delicti of the crime of attempt and that the evidence failed to produce a reasonable and moral certainty of their guilt.

All of the evidence, of which a great deal is circumstantial, was introduced by the State. The defendants did not produce any testimony on…